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    Gentle Passage: On a Wing and a Prayer
    Gentle Passage: On a Wing and a Prayer
    Gentle Passage: On a Wing and a Prayer
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    Gentle Passage: On a Wing and a Prayer

    By JJ Campagna

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    Gentle Passage is the first of three books called Willow’s Bend Series. Life had thrown my beloved and I a major detour two months before his retirement. Instead of being carefree and enjoying retirement, cancer now took over our world. I say our world, but it was his journey of pain and courage. I had to become a backseat driver, and that I did! I was indeed a take-charge person. However, illness and death I was not in charge of. Follow me on my beloved’s journey of his terminal illness from feeling powerless to being prepared. Feel my frustration and fatigue change to acceptance and awareness followed by action! This all took place by using patience and prayer. Working this all together and keeping a sense of humor brought peace to our home, family and situation. It was my beloved’s journey and eventual demise, but I now realize it was a rite of passage for me, an initiation on my own personal journey of writing, an opening up to my creativity, bringing something positive out of a negative situation. Who would have thought?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateApr 11, 2019
    ISBN9781982223502
    Gentle Passage: On a Wing and a Prayer
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    JJ Campagna

    JJ is a writer, “enlightened” caregiver and well-seasoned traveler, now working on her “Willow’s Bend Series.” This book, “Gentle Passage,” is the first in a series of three books. Her main passion at this time in her life is writing and sharing her gift of words, hoping others will find this as a portal to go to in time of need. She’s excited to share her journals of caregiving and positive experiences with her readers and teach others her way of caregiving. It doesn’t have to be all “doom and gloom.” She has learned to bring love, light and acceptance into the illness for both the patient and the family. Her power of faith, candlelight, music, patience and prayer has led her on an incredible journey that she would like to share. She promises you will not find this in any textbook. She realizes one person can make a difference and it can begin with you.

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      Gentle Passage - JJ Campagna

      Copyright © 2019 JJ Campagna.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      This book is a work of non-fiction. Unless otherwise noted, the author and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of people and places have been altered to protect their privacy.

      Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      Balboa Press

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      ISBN: 978-1-9822-2348-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-9822-2350-2 (e)

      Balboa Press rev. date: 04/09/2019

      Contents

      PART I

      My Rooftop Message

      A Purpose to my Writings

      My Prayer

      A Caretaker’s Prayer

      Spoken and Unspoken Words

      Illness

      My Tools

      Items for my Patient

      Things to Discuss with Patient

      Important Questions

      Life’s Exit

      Making Time Count

      Asking for Help

      Don’t Be Shy

      Company

      How to Deal With It

      Equipment for my Patient

      Clothes for My Patient

      Items I Could not Have Done Without

      Music in the Home

      Stay Calm and Carry On!

      A Variety of Signs for Visitors:

      (taped on my front door at various times)

      At the End of an Illness

      PART II

      Dedication

      My Intention

      Inner Strength

      Fatal Diagnosis

      On a Wing and a Prayer

      Reflecting Back

      Automatic Pilot

      Working Through the Fog

      Reflecting Back

      Out of the Blue

      Before Death

      Angels on My Shoulder

      Description of Angels

      Where do we go From Here?

      Denial

      Flowing with the Illness

      Mastering Today

      Upon Awakening

      Dealt Our Hand

      Our Contract

      Backseat Driver

      Reflecting Back

      Gentle Passage

      Looking Back

      Embracing the Shadow of Death

      Coping

      Embracing the Illness

      Surgery Number One

      Strong Shoulders

      The Villain

      Our Conversation

      Always Prepared

      Coping

      Actress

      Autopilot

      Embracing the Illness

      The Gift

      How Did I Get Through my Grief?

      Where Have I Been?

      Reflections of the Illness

      Accepting Prayer

      In the Palm of His Hand

      My Morning Message

      What I Have Come to Know

      Before Hospice

      Reflecting Back

      Angels All Around Us

      Meditation Disc

      Silent Tears

      Angel Out of Nowhere

      Reflecting Back

      Asking

      Dignity

      A Purpose to My Writings

      Creating a Nurturing Shelter

      Home Health Aides

      Morning Message

      Lights, Camera, Action!

      Realization

      Reflecting Back

      Mastering Today

      No Regrets

      Life Changes

      What I Didn’t Expect

      Windchimes

      Sharing One’s Illness with Children

      Dancing Sunbeams

      Loving Life

      Until the End

      Loud and Clear

      Souls Sweet Presence

      Sheer Mist

      Gone From My Sight

      Safe Journey

      Heaven Bound

      Reflecting Back

      Peace

      Acceptance

      My Beloved’s Gentleness

      Metamorphous

      The Unexpected Visitor

      Into the Garden

      Friend’s Comments

      My Beloved’s Funeral

      Remembering Frank

      A Simple Prayer

      Farewell

      My Early Morning Message

      Hospice and Caregivers

      Ending

      PART I

      How I created a gentle passage

      and nurturing shelter for my loved one.

      ~ By an enlightened caregiver~

      My faith, my study of new age courses I attended both near and far, have all led me on an incredible journey. It was the information that I drank in for years of study that helped me handle my husband’s terminal illness. I am not a nurse but a loving wife and caregiver!

      What can one do for a loving soulmate who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness?

      Answer: Create a gentle passage and a nurturing shelter.

      Provide a safe, loving and comfortable place with familiar surroundings, a soft place to fall! My husband and I chose for him to be at home.

      A prepared caregiver provides confidence for the patient, a strong hug when needed and asks for guidance from above, daily! One needs a sense of direction, has a schedule to follow and if he or she is like me, does it on a wing and a prayer! You just do it! You say to yourself, I can do this, I will do this and you do it with confidence! Be strong! You become your patient’s support system. Prepare, prepare, prepare and plan ahead!

      My Rooftop Message

      I want the world to know that you can make it through a terminal illness with a

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